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they are also watching for signs of pickup in the japanese economy. nhk world, singapore. >>> australia is a nation of immigrants and active in helping refugees. the nation received more than 10,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance every year over the past decade. but the increasing financial burden push the its prime minister to review the generous policy. the move has met with criticism as well as support. it's likely to become a focal point in the upcoming september election to choose federal lawmakers. we have the story from sidney. >> reporter: this refugee from afghanistan, the 19-year-old came to australia by boat in may of 2010 after the taliban killed his brother and sister. the four month journey took him through malaysia and indonesia. then for final week he was packed on to a small vessel with 30 people. he lost 10 kilograms by he arrived at a remote australian island. he took the risk because he saw australia as his only chance for survival. he worked hard to graduate from high school. he hopes to go to university to study law. h
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. >> reporter: vietnam's economy is racing ahead. but not everybody is moving forward. streets in hanoi are full of cars and motor bikes. across the country, factories pour harmful substances into the environment. this river running through the capital is dangerously contaminated. harmful chemical readings are 30 times higher than the maximum alould allowed by the government. people living down stream are suffering the consequences. this man and his wife while born and raised in this village. they are farmers who survive by growing rice and other crops. his legs are the result of years walking in the rice patties. a government investigator told him chemicals are in the water to blame. >> translator: the water i fill my patties with is black. my legs itch from working in the rice fields. water shouldn't be black. but i have no choice but to use that terrible water for farming. >> reporter: he worries about pollution. a new deal originating in japan is gaining public attention. the japan international cooperation agency is encouraging japanese companies to start environme
. >> reporter: vietnam's economy is racing ahead. but not everybody is moving forward. streets in hanoi are full of cars and motor bikes. across the country, factories pour harmful substances into the environment. this river running through the capital is dangerously contaminated. harmful chemical readings are 30 times higher than the maximum alould allowed by the government. people living down stream are suffering the consequences. this man and his wife while born and raised in this...
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. >> your personal economy is made up of the things that matter most, including your career. as those things change, fidelity can help you registered retirement plan, rethink hell you are invested, and refocus as your career moves forward. wherever you are today, a fidelity ira has a wide range of investment choices that can figure personal economy. fidelity investments, turn here. >> "bbc world news >> you are linked to the violent captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: evidence suggests that since 2006 a secretive chinese military unit has hacked the computer systems of more than one hundred u.s. corporations and organizations. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we assess the damage done by the cyber attacks, and explore the motivations behind what appear to be china's systematic targeting of foreign firms and governments. >> woodruff: then, we turn to today's arguments at the supreme court over a patent case with implications for biotechnology giant monsanto, and a range of fields from medical re
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that is due to strained bilateral relations and also a slow down in the chinese economy. officials at the japan external trade organization say that the trade deficit came to more than $44 billion. that's just about double the amount in 2011. the shortfall topped the previous record set in 2005. exports to china amounted to nearly $145 billion. that was down more than 10% from the previous year. it was the first drop in three years. now, falling exports of cars and construction machinery were the main factors here. on the other hand, imports from china rose 3% to roughly $190 billion. that was attributed to growing imports of smart phones and food products, including meat. let's see what happened on the markets here in asia. stocks were pretty mixed this tuesday. not a lot of clear direction out there today. the nikkei shed 0.3%. shanghai stocks down 1.6% today while hong kong shares lost 1%, sinking to a one-month low. european shares are looking like this. they are trading higher today on better business sentiment data out of germany. london is up by 0.3%. we have gains
that is due to strained bilateral relations and also a slow down in the chinese economy. officials at the japan external trade organization say that the trade deficit came to more than $44 billion. that's just about double the amount in 2011. the shortfall topped the previous record set in 2005. exports to china amounted to nearly $145 billion. that was down more than 10% from the previous year. it was the first drop in three years. now, falling exports of cars and construction machinery were...
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italy has the third largest economy in the eurozone. what happens here matters inside and outside the country. >> testing the mood and temperature on the tuscan coast. you may have noticed that the universe is moving faster than expected and scientists are struggling to explain why the galaxies are rotating at these speeds and planets are flying apart more quickly than they should. a team from america is going to use the hubble has -- hubble telescope to investigate what is called dark energy. our science correspondent explains. >> the world around us is made of atoms. they link up to form the buildings that we see, the water that flows, and all life on the planet. scientists have discovered something else out there that makes up most of the universe, a force that was present at the beginning of time. the current theory of physics suggests that the expansion of the universe slow down after the big bang and would then contract. instead with seems to be happening is that galaxies seem to be flying apart faster than ever before. scientists
italy has the third largest economy in the eurozone. what happens here matters inside and outside the country. >> testing the mood and temperature on the tuscan coast. you may have noticed that the universe is moving faster than expected and scientists are struggling to explain why the galaxies are rotating at these speeds and planets are flying apart more quickly than they should. a team from america is going to use the hubble has -- hubble telescope to investigate what is called dark...
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economy. this is the first time such a group has been tracked right to the doorstep of the people's liberation army. the shanghai group is not the first to be accused of cyber theft. >> it's scary. i mean, this is the problem. it's scarey. >> brian shields, a computer security specialist suspected the chinese of hacking into his company as early as 2004. he worked for nortel, a giant canadian telecommunications company. a success story, nortel made cell phone equipment and at its height the company employed 20,000 people in the u.s. >> how can you compete when the other guys aren't competing the same way. >> here's how shields says his company got hacked. a nortel employee saw, it was downloaded by brian mcfadden. >> he noticed that mr. mcfadden had downloaded some documents and when he got the email back and said i don't know what you're talking about. >> so it was mcfadden downloading documents, but it wasn't actually mcfadden. >> that's correct. >> hunting for the culprit, shields' team fol
economy. this is the first time such a group has been tracked right to the doorstep of the people's liberation army. the shanghai group is not the first to be accused of cyber theft. >> it's scary. i mean, this is the problem. it's scarey. >> brian shields, a computer security specialist suspected the chinese of hacking into his company as early as 2004. he worked for nortel, a giant canadian telecommunications company. a success story, nortel made cell phone equipment and at its...
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economy. but this he know it's billions. we've seen estimates from a few billion to as much as $100 billion a year of lost american business because of chinese hacking. and critics of chinese hack ig say what china lacks in innovation it makes up in the intellectual property theft. the cyber security firm mandian says the sure scale and duration of the sustained attacks against a wide set of industries from a singularly identified group in china leaves little doubt about the organization behind the group. they hit 141 organizations in 20 different industries. mandiant says the attacks targeted organizations in the u.s. the chinese defense ministry says the military has never supported any hacker activities but outgoing defense secretary lee on panetta voiced concern that a cyber attack could be crippling. wall street, the financial system, our ability to process credit cards. and earlier this month the president signed an executive order addressing the most basic cyber security needs mentioning this in his states of the unio
economy. but this he know it's billions. we've seen estimates from a few billion to as much as $100 billion a year of lost american business because of chinese hacking. and critics of chinese hack ig say what china lacks in innovation it makes up in the intellectual property theft. the cyber security firm mandian says the sure scale and duration of the sustained attacks against a wide set of industries from a singularly identified group in china leaves little doubt about the organization behind...
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. >>> many japanese were starting to feel optimistic about the future of the nation's economy with the new prime minister, but prices at the pump are putting a damper on things. ron madison is here with the latest on that. >> it is times like these when i'm glad i don't have a car, but people like you and other drivers are feeling the pinch now because gas prices have been increasing for at least the past two months now. japanese government surveys asked questions of major wholesalers about the higher retail prices of gasoline and kerosene. the agency is concerned about excessive prizes caused by the weaker yen to push-up the cost of natural imports. the energy agency officials summoned executives of oil wholesalers on thursday asking executives about their company's cost for crude oil imports, the volume of gasoline shipments as well as inventories. now the average retail price of regular gasoline climbed for an 11th straight week. the price of kerosene has also risen for a 12th week in a row. the president of the japanese oil wholesalers organization says he will instruct member comp
. >>> many japanese were starting to feel optimistic about the future of the nation's economy with the new prime minister, but prices at the pump are putting a damper on things. ron madison is here with the latest on that. >> it is times like these when i'm glad i don't have a car, but people like you and other drivers are feeling the pinch now because gas prices have been increasing for at least the past two months now. japanese government surveys asked questions of major...
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they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: and we now face cuts of $85 billion in one fell swoop. that's less than 3% of the budget, but the white house says virtually everybody will be hurt and will see long lines as tsa agents are furloughed, 1,000 fbi and other law enforcement agents forced off the job and 70,000 preschoolers dropped from the head start program. you'd think that would prompt emergency meetings between congress and the white house, but you'd be wrong. has the president had a single face-to-face meeting with the republican leaders since january 1st about averting these spending cuts? >> i don't have any meetings to read out to you. again, we don't report every meeting, every conversation. >> reporter: in fact, the answer, according to sources on both sides, is that there have been no meetings between the president and republican leaders -- not one. and now virtually everybody agrees that these cuts are almost certain to go into effect in j
they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: and we now face cuts of $85 billion in one fell swoop. that's less than 3% of the budget, but the white house says virtually everybody will be hurt and will see long lines as tsa agents are furloughed, 1,000 fbi and other law enforcement agents forced off the job and 70,000 preschoolers dropped from the head start...
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economy. >>> his side of the story. an emotional oscar pistorius in court for the first time. what he says really happened the night his girlfriend was killed. >>> and the brazen diamond heist at the airport right on the tarmac. a huge game of deception, $50 million worth of diamonds gone without a trace. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with brian williams." >> good evening. it's an explosive allegation, and it's what we've all been warned about for years since the dawn of the computer age. a u.s. security firm says over 140 targets in this country have been hit electronically by a branch of the chinese military. big companies, you name it, some of the best-known brand names in the u.s. but more troubling than that is the idea that chinese hackers could reach into american society. the systems that run the country, our infrastructure and preserve order like power systems, air traffic, financial industry. it's a sweeping report and a scary conclusion. we begin with nbc's andrea mitchell in our wash
economy. >>> his side of the story. an emotional oscar pistorius in court for the first time. what he says really happened the night his girlfriend was killed. >>> and the brazen diamond heist at the airport right on the tarmac. a huge game of deception, $50 million worth of diamonds gone without a trace. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with brian williams." >> good...
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but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. until then, you can find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if
but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00...
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economists say the rapid increase poses a threat to our fragile economy. joining me now oil industry analyst cnbc contributor john killbuck, thanks for joining me. >> good to be here. >> i heard it's be the blend. we're getting ready to switch to the summer blend and this is why. is that a legitimate reason here? >> you know, normally in past years it would. there's a certain time of year where that's happening. but what's really happening here, the refining industry is doing what the airline industry is doing and that's reducing capacity really massively. we lost over a million barrels of refining capacity just to shutdowns over the last year now. >> why would they voluntarily do these shutdowns? >> believe it or not, they weren't making enough money for themselves and they decided to get out of the business. i'm fearful normally i can tell you why, it has to deal with cutbacks by opec. war issues. this time, it may be different. this time we may not see the price break in coming months that i'd expect to happen because of demand at the pump. with the ref
economists say the rapid increase poses a threat to our fragile economy. joining me now oil industry analyst cnbc contributor john killbuck, thanks for joining me. >> good to be here. >> i heard it's be the blend. we're getting ready to switch to the summer blend and this is why. is that a legitimate reason here? >> you know, normally in past years it would. there's a certain time of year where that's happening. but what's really happening here, the refining industry is doing...
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dennis: you the economy. you talk about a path to prosperity with four keys to getting through washington. tell us about it. >> the first is the fed continues to be very accommodating. that will last through the year. will it be a different situation a year from now? we also have a housing recovery that is sustainable and has been very gradual which means i think it should have a long duration. the energy story in the u.s. is not over. i think it is just beginning to blossom and that is going to help the energy sector and a variety of other sectors including manufacturing because we are the low-cost producers and that is going to be part of the story as to why u.s. manufacturing is on the rebound. both cyclically land on a secular basis. dennis: thank you very much. neither one of you have convinced me to sell. thanks,. cheryy: health care provider stocks have taken a big hit following a new report out of a government agency proposing lowering medicare rates next year. dennis: peter barnes joins us from the b
dennis: you the economy. you talk about a path to prosperity with four keys to getting through washington. tell us about it. >> the first is the fed continues to be very accommodating. that will last through the year. will it be a different situation a year from now? we also have a housing recovery that is sustainable and has been very gradual which means i think it should have a long duration. the energy story in the u.s. is not over. i think it is just beginning to blossom and that is...
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(train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. decolletage, decollet >>> he was one of the biggest starts to emerge from last summer's olympic games, now, oscar pistorius, also known as "the blade runner" is charged with murdering his girlfriend. his bail hearing was full of drama, from pistorius breaking down emotionally to a detective getting pulled from the case after his own unrelated murder charges came to light. and it all culminated with the judge's ruling. >> the affidavit, and the way that he did, placing it before the court, together with the fact that none of the factors that need to be established have been established, i come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail. >> now, from johannanesburg, where do you think we go from here? how long before the actual trial, for examp
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he says it would have catastrophic effects on the economy. in washington, dan ashley abc 7 news. >> dan will interview president obama at the white house tomorrow. his reports from there will 10 tonight and tomorrow writ here on 7 news. you can also follow him on twitter at dan ashley abc 7. >> everyone knows drinking and driving not just dangerous. also illegal. but what about driving after taking over the counter cost medication or prescription drug. that can be a bit of a gray area in california. 7 news capitol correspondent annette reports on effort to change that. >> perhaps alcohol law are effective but actually not the drunk driving laws. >> still hard for former chp lieutenant bob to talk about the death of his son justin. who was always highway patrol man. 28-year-old killed in 2010 when rafael garcia swerved into him during a traffic stop. he says garcia had marijuana in the system but the case ended in a hung jury. >> jury was unable to come to conclusion whether he was unthe influence even after having overwhelming amount of evide
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that in turn reduces the amount of spending consumers willing to push back on the economy. i think it's going to be rough waters for the next near term. i would not hold my breath for $2 gasoline. >> understood. thank you. incredible stat, almost 4% was spent on gasoline. >>> all right. electric cars. maybe they could be the answer to higher gas prices if they can live up to expectation and we can get good range out of the battery. the week after the tesla test controversy in "the new york times" our own phil lebeau gets behind the wheel of tesla model s. driving d.c. to boston, pulled beside him on the turnpike, i gave him the one lap to go because i was jealous of his assignment. i am waving. i didn't text and drive. i was in a taxi. i almost drove into phil. the car looks great. you look good, too. >> thank you. so you know my photographer bob pollack saw somebody waving from a car, delivery car and goes who is the crazy man. we got up and said, hey, what's going on. you did look crazy. >> thank you. >> show you while we're here in milford, connecticut, tesla super charg
that in turn reduces the amount of spending consumers willing to push back on the economy. i think it's going to be rough waters for the next near term. i would not hold my breath for $2 gasoline. >> understood. thank you. incredible stat, almost 4% was spent on gasoline. >>> all right. electric cars. maybe they could be the answer to higher gas prices if they can live up to expectation and we can get good range out of the battery. the week after the tesla test controversy in...
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we have more details on how this would hurt the economy including right here in california, kyla? >> reporter: california is among the top 5 states if they go into fect next friday. california could lose more than 2 5,000 jobs with the slashing of the federal budget. here is where it stands on the issue. they cannot agree on a long term spending plan and they agree there needs to be spending cuts but some want to raise taxes and the gop refuses. they get back on monday and we will have just four days to come up with a plan to avoid these automatic cuts. they are seeing a lack in business and consumer confidence. >>> waging and failing to spend now is what can lead to spending and unemployment later and difficult details later. >> reporter: we will have more with these cuts when i see you next, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> pleasant hill police have released two new sketches of two men suspected of a violent home invasion robbery the sketches show two of the three men ofof breaking into a home o wednesday drive. they hit a victim with the gun and ransacked the hom
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office max and office depot have been hit hard by the economy, as well as rivals staples and costco. >>> burger king sure isn't loving this. its twitter account was hacked yesterday. for a while, the name and logo were changed to mcdonald's. and the message was sent, saying that burger king had been sold because its signature burger, the whopper, of course, had flopped. when the account was restored, burger king tweeted that it had been, quote, an interesting day. to say the least. >>> and call this a kevin bacon effect applied to the internet. while there's 14 billion web pages, they're apparently all connected. a hungaryian physicists says that one website is separated by any other by 19 clicks or less. while some have links, stories act as hubs. >> very interesting. think the worldwide web would be a smaller world than that. 19, huh? >> it is a small world, after all. >> you didn't get points for that. >> serious news we're doing. >>> next on this tuesday morning, more serious news. alec baldwin's newest problem with the ever-present paparazzi. >>> alarming, new details about the
office max and office depot have been hit hard by the economy, as well as rivals staples and costco. >>> burger king sure isn't loving this. its twitter account was hacked yesterday. for a while, the name and logo were changed to mcdonald's. and the message was sent, saying that burger king had been sold because its signature burger, the whopper, of course, had flopped. when the account was restored, burger king tweeted that it had been, quote, an interesting day. to say the least....
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> reporter: mr. obama wants a combination of tax revenue and spending cuts, but republicans say any new tax revenue should be used to lower overall rates for everyone, shepherd. >> the simpson-bowles commission with a new plan. what's the reaction to that. >> reporter: the white house loves that the plan calls for new tax revenue, but officials not showing much enthusiasm for the much deeper cuts in health care spending that the president wants. former white house chief of staffer bowles and simpson, a republican from wisconsin, say -- wisconsin wisconsin were close to a deal. their legacy is on the line. >> i don't know when it will happen, but it will happen in these four years or he has no legacy at all. if he can't cut the mustard with solvency of social security under honest appraisals of the trustees and
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> reporter: mr. obama wants a combination of tax revenue and spending cuts, but republicans say any new tax revenue should be used to lower overall rates for everyone, shepherd. >> the simpson-bowles commission with a new plan. what's the reaction to that. >> reporter: the...
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does it really affect the economy? does it affect jobs? we already know a lot of contractors are not hiring or getting rid of people because they're not going to have as much money coming in from contracts they had with the government. if that stuff starts to hit home in the districts, maybe it bubbles up and it puts pressure on these members, but quite frankly, they felt that pressure for several weeks, several months now because people have been talking about sequestration for some time, and they haven't done anything. i'm not optimistic that they'll undo sec restoration. >> thanks very much. >> take care. >> coming up next, more on simpson-bowles and what retirees in florida will have to say about it. debbie wasserman-schultz, and then the big bang theory. michelle obama reveals to rachel ray the real reason behind her stylish new ' do. >> this is my midlife crisis, the bangs. i couldn't get a sports car. they won't let me bungee jump. instead i cut my bangs. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressi
does it really affect the economy? does it affect jobs? we already know a lot of contractors are not hiring or getting rid of people because they're not going to have as much money coming in from contracts they had with the government. if that stuff starts to hit home in the districts, maybe it bubbles up and it puts pressure on these members, but quite frankly, they felt that pressure for several weeks, several months now because people have been talking about sequestration for some time, and...
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labor secretary to bill clinton and author of "beyond outrage," what's gone wrong with our economy and how to fix it and ari fleischer, former white house press secretary under george w. bush. all right, let's get some action here. robert, the white house responded to john boehner's challenge of saying, where are the cuts, with a blog post from dan pfeiffer who wrote, "the fact is, the president has a detailed balanced plan with spending cuts, he's willing to make tough choices. now it's time for the speaker to do the same." then he had a link to an 80-page proposal from september, including war savings, it includes tax reform, which of course they want. it doesn't fully lay it out by any stretch of the imagination. so jay carney was asked what specifically will the white house cut and here's what jay carney said. >> it's in the proposals he submitted to the speaker of the house that the speaker walked away from -- >> where does the president prevent sequestration from happening? shouldn't the president take the lead and present that -- >> well, first of all, congress has to act. >> al
labor secretary to bill clinton and author of "beyond outrage," what's gone wrong with our economy and how to fix it and ari fleischer, former white house press secretary under george w. bush. all right, let's get some action here. robert, the white house responded to john boehner's challenge of saying, where are the cuts, with a blog post from dan pfeiffer who wrote, "the fact is, the president has a detailed balanced plan with spending cuts, he's willing to make tough choices....
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and i believe that advanced economies, systemically important economies must be sensitive to the lower impact of their policies. >> also speaking on the sidelines of the g-20, australia's deputy prime minister dismissed talk of a currency war, but did admit that a stopping aussie/dollar is a concern and key to australia's economy. >> we saw a huge crash in commodity prices in the second half of last year and that relied heavily on our revenues. and part and parcel of all of that was doubts about the future of chinese growth. but if the chinese economy is growing 7.5% or 8%, that's still very strong growth. it's good news not just for australia, not just for the region, but for the global economy. the chinese economy is something like 40% larger than it was at the end of the 2007 when it was growing at 10. so with an economy growing at 8 or just below 8, it's still making a significant contribution to global growth. >> have we got a better balance now in terms of austerity versus growth in terms of a coordinated g-20 agenda? >> look, i was pleased to hear the discussion about the econom
and i believe that advanced economies, systemically important economies must be sensitive to the lower impact of their policies. >> also speaking on the sidelines of the g-20, australia's deputy prime minister dismissed talk of a currency war, but did admit that a stopping aussie/dollar is a concern and key to australia's economy. >> we saw a huge crash in commodity prices in the second half of last year and that relied heavily on our revenues. and part and parcel of all of that was...
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economy. this is the first time such a group has been tracked right to the doorstep of the people's liberation army. the shanghai group is not the first to be accused of cyber theft. >> it's scary. i mean, this is the problem. it's scarey. >> brian shields, a computer security specialist suspected the chinese of hacking into his company as early as 2004. he worked for nortel, a giant canadian telecommunications company. a success story, nortel made cell phone equipment and at its height the company employed 20,000 people in the u.s. >> how can you compete when the other guys aren't competing the same way. >> here's how shields says his company got hacked. a nortel employee saw, it was downloaded by brian mcfadden. >> he noticed that mr. mcfadden had downloaded some documents and when he got the email back and said i don't know what you're talking about. >> so it was mcfadden downloading documents, but it wasn't actually mcfadden. >> that's correct. >> hunting for the culprit, shields' team fol
economy. this is the first time such a group has been tracked right to the doorstep of the people's liberation army. the shanghai group is not the first to be accused of cyber theft. >> it's scary. i mean, this is the problem. it's scarey. >> brian shields, a computer security specialist suspected the chinese of hacking into his company as early as 2004. he worked for nortel, a giant canadian telecommunications company. a success story, nortel made cell phone equipment and at its...
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we're expecting the eurozone economy to contract another 10.2% this year. that's not that far away from the consensus. we expect that you get continued divergence within the eurozone and germany, which had a very soft patch at the end of the last year is picking up and that's supported by the pmi data whereas other economies in europe are stag nating or weakening. >> wouldn't it be easier if they were all stag nating or weak? even if germany is weak, the central bank can come in and say we have to be more accommodating. but if they're holding in okay, that puts more of the onus on the periphery or even france, that means the economies would like more saurt and might not get it. >> but this divergence in europe is part of the recovery process. germany needs to see stronger than after growth at other countries effectively deflate in order to get these big imbalances to reverse over time. and that's really part of the recovery process. we don't think that the european economy itself needs to be strong for european equities to perform well. let's face it, last
we're expecting the eurozone economy to contract another 10.2% this year. that's not that far away from the consensus. we expect that you get continued divergence within the eurozone and germany, which had a very soft patch at the end of the last year is picking up and that's supported by the pmi data whereas other economies in europe are stag nating or weakening. >> wouldn't it be easier if they were all stag nating or weak? even if germany is weak, the central bank can come in and say...
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bargaining table and say how are we going to stabilize our debt so it isn't growing faster than our economy can grow. that means entitlement reform. it means tax reform. everybody knows that. and we've got to get back to it. >> the president said that he's in favor of entitlement reform. he has been specific about dealing with medicare and some aspects of retirement, but has he been specific enough? i'm going to ask you about taxes in a minute, but from the president and the white house's perspective, as he put enough out there on the table to reel in the republicans and get them to negotiate seriously? >> well, i hope so. he's put some things on the table that his own troops didn't like, which is absolutely necessary. he had to do that to show that he was serious. one thing is the reform of the consumer price index, which is really a technical adjustment, but it would mean slightly lower social security benefits and other benefits going forward. now, you could offset that with other changes in the law, but it is the right thing to do. and his own troops were kind of unhappy about that, but
bargaining table and say how are we going to stabilize our debt so it isn't growing faster than our economy can grow. that means entitlement reform. it means tax reform. everybody knows that. and we've got to get back to it. >> the president said that he's in favor of entitlement reform. he has been specific about dealing with medicare and some aspects of retirement, but has he been specific enough? i'm going to ask you about taxes in a minute, but from the president and the white house's...
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now that is money that doesn't go into the economy. now while it's true that they pay more in taxes, the taxes are not in the united states of america what holds up the economy, the earnings and job growth and everything like that holds it up. that is millions and millions of dollars not going into the economy because of things like that. that's just one example. >> give us an example, i you know have our own, you have been married to your partner for quite sometime. you were married in south africa several years ago. how does it impact you personally? >> it impacts me personally it's no secret or you would hope somebody in my position would be a very wealthy woman and when i die if k. t. were still alive or vice versa, k. t. or myself we'll lose over 50% or approximately 50% of our estate to estate taxes. if we were married and recognized on the federal level we would not owe one penny of tax. how would all the heterosexuals that were married if they knew upon the death of one of them if they have a certain size of estate they will lo
now that is money that doesn't go into the economy. now while it's true that they pay more in taxes, the taxes are not in the united states of america what holds up the economy, the earnings and job growth and everything like that holds it up. that is millions and millions of dollars not going into the economy because of things like that. that's just one example. >> give us an example, i you know have our own, you have been married to your partner for quite sometime. you were married in...
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so it's always relevant to economies in europe. they are facing an overshoot of the exchange rate, but it is too high for their purpose. that is going to bring the tension back into euro net. >> and speaking of italy, we79 to remind folks what else is coming up on today's program. the final countdown is under way for italy's election. we'll get a check on europe's growth process spengts for the eu forecast. we'll head live to brussels for a live press conference. in other news, boeing is set to unveil a plan to help its troubled dreamliner to take flight today. and we're rolling out the red carpet. we'll head to tinsel town to the biggest night in hollywood. find out which films are tipped to win big at this year's oscars. fears are mounting that an inconclusive election this weekend could undermine the euro and set back markets in italy. hans, as we edge closer to that event, polls open sunday and they close on monday. we've seen the two-day sell off. is it related to the outcome here? >> well, i think the italian election has had
so it's always relevant to economies in europe. they are facing an overshoot of the exchange rate, but it is too high for their purpose. that is going to bring the tension back into euro net. >> and speaking of italy, we79 to remind folks what else is coming up on today's program. the final countdown is under way for italy's election. we'll get a check on europe's growth process spengts for the eu forecast. we'll head live to brussels for a live press conference. in other news, boeing is...
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and our economy in general. another big story that we are watching is oscar pistorius sticking to his story in court today claiming he shot his girl friend in the middle of the night by accident. a live report, next. >> announcer: meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card, and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. after 40 years, he finally saved enough to enjoy retirement. angie, the waitress at jack's favorite diner, is also enjoying his retirement. with just a little information, she's opened up a credit line, draining the equity in jack's home. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft, and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. see, ordinary credit monitoring services tell you after your identity has been stolen. they may take 30 days to alert you-- too late for jack. lifelock ha
and our economy in general. another big story that we are watching is oscar pistorius sticking to his story in court today claiming he shot his girl friend in the middle of the night by accident. a live report, next. >> announcer: meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card, and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. after 40 years, he finally saved enough to enjoy retirement....
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economy in particular, it's the service sector. manufacturing is a sentinel part of our economy that gives us guidance down the road. what do i see when i look at those type of numbers globally? i see auto sales in europe down to 23-year lows. i see the good things in the economy are what businesses are doing to some extent. maybe private equity, maybe lbos, but at the epicenter of this are clean corporate balance sheets. certainly they've gotten clean. they've had the liquidity to scrub a dub dub all they want. what are we going to look for down the road in the future? i see things like t tea party express moving across the country and you don't read about them much in the media because they know the media is not going to give them gat coverage. they've go the gone statewide, states, gornors, that's the road they've taken. they might not be in themedia, but look at some of tse mor sconrviv statend inabt il lebu, dvi across country in a vehicle with a 7,500 tax credit making phone calls to see if it's too cold, make sure he can hit
economy in particular, it's the service sector. manufacturing is a sentinel part of our economy that gives us guidance down the road. what do i see when i look at those type of numbers globally? i see auto sales in europe down to 23-year lows. i see the good things in the economy are what businesses are doing to some extent. maybe private equity, maybe lbos, but at the epicenter of this are clean corporate balance sheets. certainly they've gotten clean. they've had the liquidity to scrub a dub...
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economy. in short, u.s. investigators are accused china of economic espionage, of stealing research and design. this allows them to compete without stealing billions on innovation and product development. if this is true, americans should care because it's costing them countless jobs. they are calling this the biggest transfer of wealth in history. >> we saw one of a cyber pearl harbor. and the white house is preparing to take action. >> reporter: this week, they are announcing plans to help private companies in identifying and mitigating such attacks, george. >>> we're going to go to the white house, where president obama will appear later this morning, to warn against the next budget crisis that's coming fast. automatic spending cuts to hit every government program in just ten days. abc's jon karl has more on what we expect to hear from the president. good morning, jon. he's going to ratchet up the pressure on congress. >> reporter: he sure is. he's trying to shame congress to do something to replace the c
economy. in short, u.s. investigators are accused china of economic espionage, of stealing research and design. this allows them to compete without stealing billions on innovation and product development. if this is true, americans should care because it's costing them countless jobs. they are calling this the biggest transfer of wealth in history. >> we saw one of a cyber pearl harbor. and the white house is preparing to take action. >> reporter: this week, they are announcing...